The arachnological collection at the Natural History Museum of Bern (NMBE), Switzerland: scope, history, and significance [PDF]
ZooKeysThe arachnological collection at the Natural History Museum Bern (NMBE) comprises approximately 120,000 vials containing around 500,000 specimens of spiders (Araneae), harvestmen (Opiliones), and scorpions (Scorpiones). While the material originated from
Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger +2 more
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A review of fossil scorpion higher systematics [PDF]
PeerJScorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) are a diverse and widespread arachnid order with a rich and deep fossil record. Here we review the, sometimes complex, historical development of fossil scorpion higher classification.
Jason A. Dunlop, Russell J. Garwood
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Description of Bothriurus mistral n. sp., the highest-dwelling Bothriurus from the western Andes (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae), using multiple morphometric approaches. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 We describe Bothriurus mistral n. sp. (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) from the Chilean north-central Andes of the Coquimbo Region. This is the highest elevational discovery for Bothriurus in the western slopes of the Andes.
Andrés A Ojanguren-Affilastro +5 more
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The phylogenetic relationship among two species of genus Nebo (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae) from Saudi Arabia and Middle East [PDF]
BMC Zoology, 2023 Background The genus Nebo has been identified as a medically important scorpion species distributed across Arabia and the Middle East. However, its taxonomic status remains unclear.
Abdulaziz R. Alqahtani +3 more
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Scorpions from Ceará State, Brazil: Distribution and ecological comments
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2022 Scorpions are venomous synanthropic arachnids, in 2019 they were responsible for more than 37000 cases of envenomation in the state of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil.
Jacqueline Ramos Machado Braga +3 more
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Two New Species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Skyros and Andros Islands, Greece
Zoodiversity, 2022 Two new scorpion species are described from Skyros and Andros Islands (Greece), Euscorpius triantisi sp. n. and E. simaiakisi sp. n. respectively, based on morphological and molecular evidence. Identity and level of divergence of these taxa are confirmed
G. Tropea +3 more
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The gross anatomy of the nervous system of Bothriurus bonariensis (L. C. KOCH, 1842) (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2002 The nervous system of the order Scorpiones appears to have a common organizational structure. The combination of an anatomical study using methylene blue as the contrast medium together with a histological analysis using hematoxylin-eosin and Heindenhain´
A. C. M. HORN, M. ACHAVAL
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ZooKeys, 2011 This is an identification key to the Scorpiones species of Yunnan (China) with notes on the distribution and habitats of these species. E. kubani is one new record species to China. The number of known species of Scorpiones from Yunnan is raised to nine.
Zhiyong Di +6 more
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Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones): Annotated checklist, DELTA database and identification key [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2020 An updated checklist of the scorpiofauna of Iran is presented. The checklist is based on records of scorpion species which their presence have been confirmed in Iran through field expeditions, examination of scorpion collections, literature review, and ...
Hossein Barahoei +4 more
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Scorpion reproductive strategies, allocation and potential; a partial review
European Journal of Entomology, 2011 Most scorpion species are iteroparous, breeding more than once during their life. Some of these species are parthenogenetic. The other reproductive strategy (RS) semelparity, when scorpions breed only a single time during their life, is rare and has been
Michael R. WARBURG
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